The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-18

Mrs. Harvey Willis, of Oswego, N. Y,
beat her mother, Mrs. Rawlinson, SO badly
that she died.
At Chicago on Thursday, County Com
missioner Klehm, the informer, who plead
guilty was fined Il 900, the States attorney
asking for him the clemency OF the court.
At Charleston, w. Va. on the 9th,
Charles Williams, who was confined in jail
for the murder OF James Adridge, few
days before was taken from Jail by citizens
and hanged to q tree.
A bloody fight took place on the 10th, at
Cape Charles in the lower part of the
eastern shore Of Virginia between sailors
from fishing fleet and citizens, the former
being intoxicated. Five men were killed of
the fishing party, and several wounded who
were carried off to the fishing fleet.
On the return trip of the steamer Alaska
from Put tin-bay to Detroit, Mich, Thursday
night gang OF toughs took possession of
the boat assaulting men, insulting women
and rObbing passengers without any pre-
tense of concealment Three passengers
were badly pounded, and the crew and the
passengers were SO terrorized no resistance
was offered. On arrival at Detroit. two
patrol wagons were called and Ii arrests
made.
The west. bound passenger train on the
Southern Pacific was run off a switch near
Papago, about fifteen miles east of Tucson,
Ariz., Thursday night by four masked men
The engine was ditched and the express car
robbed of about 81, 500. The robbery oc-
CURED at the same point where the west
bound express was robbed in April last. The
robbers were cool and bold and armed with
Winchester rifles and pistols and did good
deal of firing to intimidate passengers and
train men.
Charles McCard and Michael O'Hara,
farmers, living near Grand Rapids, Mich,
have quarrelled for over a year about the
possession of piece of land. McCard was
at his fathers house, when O'hara came
along with q shot gun on his shoulder,
trouble. William McCard got q gun from
the house and Charles crept down to the
roadside aud shot O'Hara, killing him in
stantly. The two McCards went to Grand
Rapids, Sunday, and gave themselves up.
+ Miss Eunice Lindley, Of Point Pleasant,
w. Va, had two lovers, Amos and Bradley
Townsend, cousins. At her suggestion they
drew ssstraws' to see which should become
her husband. Bradley won the iady's hand.
Amos at once withdrew and started for
home, leaving his successful rival with the
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departure she report OF q gun rang out, and
Bradley Townsend was horror stricken to
find that his sweetheart had fallen dead
with q bullet through her heart Amos,
who il undoubtedly the assassin, has not
since heen seem The community is greatly
excited.
All the members of the family of Richard
Voolfolk himself, his wife, his six children
and an aunt OF Mrs. Voolfolk, were mur
dered Friday night by son Of the head ol
the family by his first marriage, at the
Voolfolk farm Is miles from Macon, Ga
The nine victims Of the murderous hand
| of Thos G. Voolfolk were buried Sunday
Four thousand people were present at the
| funeral, many Of whom had followed the
eight hearses 70 Macon from the seen OF
| the TRACE dy, thirteen miles away. The pro
cession started from the Voolfolk House al
| 8 O'Clock Sunday morning and arrived a,
Macon at 10 O'Clock, folio we'd by long line
| of carriages and buggies, not one OF which
contained q person bearing the name Of the
| victims. Mrs. Edwards, Of Athens, Ca, q
sister of the murderers arrived at Macon
| Sunday morning Her frantic grief brought
tears to the eyes Of many. 1t was deemed
advisable to take the prisoner away from